<P><B>A reissue of Banks's 1986 Kafkaesque modern classic</B></P><P>The man who wakes up in the extraordinary world of a bridge has amnesia, and his doctor doesn't seem to want to cure him. <I>Does it matter?</I> Exploring the bridge occupies most of his days. But at night there are his dreams. Dreams in which desperate men drive sealed carriages across barren mountains to a bizarre rendezvous; an illiterate barbarian storms an enchanted tower under a stream of verbal abuse; and broken men walk forever over bridges without end, taunted by visions of a doomed sexuality. Lying in bed unconscious after an accident wouldn't be much fun, most would think, but it depends who and what you've left behind. <I>Which is the stranger reality, day or night?</I> Frequently hilarious and consistently disturbing, this is a novel of outrageous contrasts, constructed chaos, and elegant absurdities.